Letter: Readers given a chance to help the poor, homeless, mentally ill

Wednesday

Apr 16, 2014 at 8:00 AM

Shelter Care Ministries is an organization working to help people who are homeless, poor or have mental illnesses. The group will be hosting its Annual Spring Luncheon to be held at the Prairie Street Brewery on Thursday, May 8.

Brian Leaf, a reporter from the Rockford Register Star, will be the keynote speaker. He will speak on the topic of “Poor Town, Your Town” to help raise awareness of the plight of people who are homeless and poor in the Winnebago - Boone County areas.

I would like to encourage the readers of the Rockford Register Star to attend this event. By attending, readers help the poor in the area with their ticket purchase and by shopping in the Market Place.

The event includes a Marketplace selling flowers and other items for Mother’s Day. The Market Place opens at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon. Tickets are $35 per person. Please contact Shelter Care Ministries (815-964-5520) for information on how to RSVP for the luncheon.

This is another chance to work together as a community to help end homelessness and make this a better town to live in.